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Serbian vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
4  
11

National Language
Turkey  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
lütfen  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
26
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
Not Available  

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Türkçe  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Montenegrin  

French Name
turc  
serbe  

German Name
Türkisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Serbs  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
11th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
19  
17
44  
33

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
srp  

ISO 639 3
tur  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Turkish and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Serbian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Turkish and Serbian Language History.

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Turkish and Serbian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Serbian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Serbian Difficulty

The Turkish vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Serbian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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